Are you left-handed or right-handed?

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Poll question: Are you left-handed or right-handed?

[leftstreet]

1. Who are the other two people who voted 'no hands?'

:hi:

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2. guess they had no free hands at the time

[Eryemil]

3. Too many options

- Left Handed
- Right Handed
- Cross-dominant
- True Ambidexterity

Would have done. Unless the specifics are important to whatever you're trying to figure out?
Writing hand will not the best way to determine handedness, since so many people here are older.
They used to force left-handed children to write with their right hand. Tying their hands behind their backs, dipping their left hand in ink, physical punishment...
Really fascinating stuff.

I am left-handed by the way.

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4. Yes, but if I had only put those 4 choices, then

there could be a deluge of people posting "Your poll is too narrow, you should include options for people who write with their left but do other things with the right, etc."

[Political Heretic]

5. Left handed for everything.

[ContinentalOp]

6. This question is offensive.

Of course I'm right handed. I'm not the spawn of Satan or anything. Sheesh.

[catnhatnh]

7. Position: Poster

5'10" 200 lbs Smokes:Left Types:Right...at least that's what it says on my rookie card....

[Wetzelbill]

8. I started out a lefty, broke my left arm as a child

and ended up being ambi.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. I started my life using both hands, wrote my name on the chalkboard with two hands.

My teacher and mother conspired to make me right-handed, particularly handwriting. The rationale was "the world is right-handed". And I adapted, but I still would reach for the door knob with my left hand, ate with my left hand, etc. Once I was an adult, I found that my handwriting was straighter and attractive with my left hand; I could even write backwards like Leonardo da Vinci with my left hand. I started thinking that inadvertently my right side of my brain (which corresponds with the left side of my body) had been neglected due to the right handed concentration.

So in my forties, I decided to "take back" my left hand and started to use it more often. I'm sure I've strengthened half my brain and I'm closer to what my natural proclivities are, perhaps ramped up my IQ to some extent.

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10. That is awesome.

[KatyaR]

13. I've always been able to write backwards with my left hand, too.

In fact, my handwriting is 100% better that way--unfortunately, it causes people's brains to explode when they try to read it. (I always sign birthday cards that way, just for grins.:evilgrin:)

When I was in college I used to take notes in class backwards and then rewrite them later. I could write faster and more legibly backwards than forwards. It also helped to reinforce the information in my head, which was a plus, too.

Glad to see I'm not the only way with this unique "talent!"

[spanone]

11. what does this have to do with anything?

[Occam Bandage]

12. How sinister.

[Edweird]

14. Ambi, or mostly ambi anyway.

I don't write with my left much, but my right handwriting is pretty awful in its own right....

[MrSlayer]

15. Ambidextrous but I favor my left.

I sign things with my left but can write with both hands. Switch hit in baseball, shoot either way in hockey or golf, throw left, drum right.

[5thGenDemocrat]

16. Left-handed, mostly

Operate a rifle right-handed, golf ambidextrously.
John
Come to think of it, when I'm eating by myself or informally, I eat left-handed. But I can work the knives and forks and so on right-handed just fine when I'm, say, at a crowded table.

[davsand]

18. Hey, baby! Good to see you!

How ya been?


:hug:


Laura

[DemBones DemBones]

25. Hello! It seems like years since I've seen you

here at DU. Hope all is well.

[chknltl]

17. You know of course that lefties are in their right mind!

Just pointing out the facts.

[obiwan]

19. Left- handed here. Remember, only left-handed people are in their right minds.

[rucky]

20. Eat & Write with my left. Right for everything else.

and I thought I was the only one, but you have a category for it! Woo-hoo!

[Bonn1997]

21. Severely right handed!

Can't go left in basketball! Oh well!

[tangent90]

22. Man, I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

;-)

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23. lol

[applegrove]

24. I'm right handed but sometimes I'll use my left for non writing tasks..just to keep myself awake.

[Sinistrous]

26. I am adept at screwing things up with either hand.

[Motown_Johnny]

27. Right for writing.... but my handwriting sucks ass. I assume I should have been allowed to be left

handed but wasn't

(nuns)

[Raksha]

28. Extreme lefty here.

I've always said my right hand is only there to match the other one. Although I type with both hands, and have also learned to use my mouse with my right hand. Too much of a hassle to switch it to the other side. I HAVE to have left-handed scissors for cutting fabric, though.

[Zoigal]

29. Left right now because i broke my right wrist last week

Normally right. z